SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1991
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE
FESTIVAL BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER A THOUSAND PERFORMERS BOTH FROM HONG KONG AND FROM 14 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
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"ABOVE ALL, WE HAVE THE ARTISTS TO THANK, HE SAID. "THEIR ART AND THEIR TALENT WILL MAKE THIS A FESTIVAL TO REMEMBER.
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ACTING RS PAYS TRIBUTE TO FESTIVAL ORGANISERS
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THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG, THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SPONSORS AND ORGANISERS OF THE 1990 YAU TSIM DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
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AT A DINNER RECEPTION TO MARK THE CLOSE FUNG ALSO PRESENTED SOUVENIRS TO THE REPRESENTATIVES.
IN A BRIEF SPEECH, MR FUNG STRESSED THAT LOCAL GROUPS HAD SPARED NO EFFORTS IN PROMOTING RECREATIONAL, ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES OVER THE YEARS.
"TAKE THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL FOR EXAMPLE. A WIDE VARIETY OF VERY MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES WERE ARRANGED WITH THE THEME 'BUILDING TSIM FOR A BETTER HONG KONG'.
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"THESE INCLUDED A LARGE-SCALE POP CONCERT WHICH WAS BOTH EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING; THE 'GOOD CITIZEN IMPLEMENTATION FORUM' WHICH PROMOTED CIVIC EDUCATION; THE FAMILY DAY AT WU
WU KAI SHA WHICH PREACHED HARMONIOUS FAMILY LIFE; AND THE 'TOMORROW YAU TSIM EXHIBITION' WHICH INTRODUCED THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HE SAID.
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HE ADDED THAT THESE EVENTS HAD, ON ONE HAND, PROVIDED A CHANCE FOR MASS PARTICIPATION, AND ON THE OTHER, AROUSED RESIDENTS' CONCERN TOWARDS DISTRICT AFFAIRS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO EITHER PARTICIPATE IN OR IMPROVE ON ALL KINDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
"IN COMMUNITY BUILDING THEY HAVE WORKED FOR A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND PARTICIPATED ACTIVELY IN OTHER AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG SO THAT THE DISTRICT AND THE TERRITORY WOULD GROW HAND IN HAND IN PROSPERITY AND STABILITY IN THE COMING DECADES ; MR FUNG CONCLUDED.
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THE FESTIVAL, WHICH INCLUDED OVER 50 FUNCTIONS FROM LAST NOVEMBER, COST MORE THAN $1.4 MILLION OF WHICH $660,000 CAME FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REST FROM PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP.
ALSO PRESENT AT TONIGHT'S DINNER WERE YAU TSIM CHAIRMAN, MR YIP WAH; DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ANNIE FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR CHIU YU-HEI.
DISTRICT BOARD TANG: AND THE
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